Beckett and Burnett

The latest news on the possiblity of trading for Josh Beckett isn't good. It looks like Texas has the leg up on Boston, with the trade bait of Hank Blalock. The Boston Herald is also stating if the Sox can't acquire Beckett, they may make a play for free agent AJ Burnett.

I'd be excited to see either pitcher come to Boston. Almost any help we could get in pitching would be a step up, but either of these two pitchers would be a help for any team. If I might suggest, how about acquiring both?

Click on read more to see Burnett and Beckett's stats.

Josh Beckett PITCHING STATS
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2001	FLA	2	2	1.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	14	9	4	3	1	11	24
2002	FLA	6	7	4.10	23	21	0	0	0	0	107.2	93	56	49	13	1	44	113
2003	FLA	9	8	3.04	24	23	0	0	0	0	142.0	132	54	48	9	2	56	152
2004	FLA	9	9	3.79	26	26	1	1	0	0	156.2	137	72	66	16	6	54	152
2005	FLA	15	8	3.38	29	29	2	1	0	0	178.2	153	75	67	14	7	58	166
TOTAL		41	34	3.46	106	103	3	2	0	0	609.0	529	266	234	55	17	223	607

AJ Burnett PITCHING STATS
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1999	FLA	4	2	3.48	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.1	37	23	16	3	0	25	33
2000	FLA	3	7	4.79	13	13	0	0	0	0	82.2	80	46	44	8	2	44	57
2001	FLA	11	12	4.05	27	27	2	1	0	0	173.1	145	82	78	20	7	83	128
2002	FLA	12	9	3.30	31	29	7	5	0	1	204.1	153	84	75	12	9	90	203
2003	FLA	0	2	4.70	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	18	13	12	2	2	18	21
2004	FLA	7	6	3.68	20	19	1	0	0	0	120.0	102	50	49	9	4	38	113
2005	FLA	12	12	3.44	32	32	4	2	0	0	209.0	184	97	80	12	7	79	198
TOTAL		49	50	3.73	134	131	14	8	0	1	853.2	719	395	354	66	31	377	753

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